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{{short description|English footballer (1936β1958)}} {{Use British English|date=September 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Featured article}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Duncan Edwards | image = DuncanEdwards1.jpg | alt = A statue of a man wearing a white shirt and blue shorts, about to kick a football | caption = The statue of Edwards in the centre of his home town of Dudley | fullname = Duncan Edwards | birth_date = {{birth date|1936|10|1|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Woodside, Dudley|Woodside]], [[Dudley]], England | death_date = {{death date and age|1958|2|21|1936|10|1|df=y}} | death_place = [[Munich]], West Germany | height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}} | position = [[Wing half|Left half]] | youthyears1 = 1952β1953 |youthclubs1 = [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] | years1 = 1953β1958 |clubs1 = [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] |caps1 = 151 |goals1 = 20 | nationalyears1 = 1949β1952 |nationalteam1 = [[English Schools' Football Association|England Schoolboys]] |nationalcaps1 = 9 |nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 1954β1957 |nationalteam2 = [[England national under-23 football team|England U23]] |nationalcaps2 = 6 |nationalgoals2 = 5 | nationalyears3 = 1953β1954 |nationalteam3 = [[England national football B team|England B]] |nationalcaps3 = 4 |nationalgoals3 = 0 | nationalyears4 = 1955β1957 |nationalteam4 = [[England national football team|England]] |nationalcaps4 = 18 |nationalgoals4 = 5 | module = {{Infobox person|embed=yes | signature = Duncan Edwards signature.svg | signature_size = 105px }} }} '''Duncan Edwards''' (1 October 1936 β 21 February 1958) was an English [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[midfielder|left-half]] for [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] and the [[England national football team|England national team]]. He was one of the [[Busby Babes]], the young United team formed under manager [[Matt Busby]] in the mid-1950s, playing 177 matches for the club. He was noted for his physical strength, toughness, and level of authority on the pitch, and has been ranked amongst the toughest players of all time. One of eight players who died as a result of the [[Munich air disaster]], he survived initially but succumbed to his injuries in hospital two weeks later. Many of his contemporaries have described him as one of the best, if not the best, players with whom they had played.<ref name="grdn2015">{{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Daniel |title=Could Duncan Edwards, the original Boy Wonder, have been the greatest? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/mar/28/duncan-edwards-original-boy-wonder-greatest |access-date=8 April 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=28 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stevenson |first=William |date=2024-08-17 |title=12 Most 'Complete' Players in Football History [Ranked] |url=https://www.givemesport.com/most-complete-players-football-history-ranked/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=GiveMeSport |language=en}}</ref> Born in [[Woodside, Dudley]], Edwards signed for Manchester United as a teenager and went on to become the youngest player to play in the [[Football League First Division]] and at the time the youngest England player since the [[Second World War]], going on to play 18 times for his country at top level. In a professional career of less than five years he helped United to win two [[The Football League|Football League]] championships and two [[FA Charity Shield]]s, and reach the semi-finals of the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]].
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